Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and five minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Barbara Weisberger, founder of the Pennsylvania Ballet, speaks with Marilyn Hunt about the company and its upcoming residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music including the company's two New York premieres: George Balanchine's Symphony in C and Hans van Manen's Grosse Fuge; staging Balanchine's ballets; the use of apprentices to fill out the cast in Symphony in C; Hans van Manen and his relationship with the company; his ballet Grosse fuge; Lawrence Rhodes and other members of the company; the change to alphabetical listing of the dancers; the company's relationship with the Brooklyn Academy of Music; factors leading to the founding of the company, in Philadelphia, including Balanchine's encouragement; the spring season including the ballet La sylphide; Lupe Serrano; other ballets in the repertory including Lilac garden [Le jardin aux lilas] and Van Manen's Septet extra; the company's annual residency at the Nittany Mountain Summer at Pennsylvania State University [ends abruptly].
Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 17 minutes). Barbara Weisberger speaks about her ballet training including with Margaret Curtis at the Metropolitan Opera ballet; the end to her ballet training when she entered college; her family; financial aspects of running a dance company, in particular the constant need to raise funds; working with Benjamin Harkarvy in the direction and management of the Pennsylvania Ballet.
For partial transcript of early portion of tape which contains background noise, see *MGZMT 3-375.
Interview with Barbara Weisberger conducted by Marilyn Hunt on October 31, 1975 in New York (N.Y.) for the Brooklyn Heights Press.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise, in particular in the first approximate 24 minutes. However, the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Access (note)
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Author
Weisberger, Barbara, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Barbara Weisberger, 1975
Production
1975
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Restricted access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Event
Recorded by Marilyn Hunt for the Brooklyn Heights Press 1975, October 31 New York (N.Y.)
Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Original version
Original format: one sound cassette (one hour and five minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco3375_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3375_v01f02_sc) in 2015.